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UPDATED Sep 2025

Quarrymen gigs played in 2025:

An old friend of the Quarrymen Charlie Roberts, who booked us for  the legendary Rosebery Street gig in Liverpool in June 1956 booked us to appear at the Peel Centenary Centre of Excellence in the Isle of Man on Saturday 20 September. We  played to a fantastic audience and had a fun gig - and a visit to a beautiful island!
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Liverpool Beatles Museum Sun 24 Aug
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An Audience with the Quarrymen

Sunday afternoon found Colin and Rod chatting to Roag Best in the Liverpool Beatles Museum in Mathew Street.The audience were regaled with some well-polished stories and quite a few laughs as the two original Quarrymen crossed swords with Roag and dug into their ragbag of memories of the early days of the band which evolved into the Beatles.

Liverpool Philharmonic Sat 23 Aug
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On Saturday 23 August the Quarrymen opened the Beatles Variety Show at the Liverpool Philharmonic Hall as part of Cavern City Tours Beatleweek 2025. They were joined on stage by guest guitarist Chrisse Usenius from Finland, and on washboard by Maudie,the  sister of our keyboard player, Henry. Also on the bill were Pepperland from Sweden and the Grammophon Jazzband from Hamburg. A great time was had by all!
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Thanks to Rhian for the great photos!
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Kaiserkeller Hamburg Sun 17 Aug
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By courtesy of our friend, Roland Hofmann the Quarrymen played in the Beatles’ old stamping ground, the Grosse Freiheit, in the actual Kaiserkeller on Sunday 17 August.They were joined on stage by guest guitarist, Chrisse Usenius from Finland, and also by Wolfgang Bernreuther, another guitarist friend.
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Thanks to Birgit & Jurgen Kniest and Thomas Jordan for the great photos!

Felixstowe Sat 21 June
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Colin, Rod, David and Henry played at Felixstowe’s first ever Beatles Festival which was held at the Spa Pavilion Theatre on Saturday 21 June. We were introduced by radio personality Nigel Pearce and we were presented with a certificate by the Record Holders Republic commemorating The Quarrymen as the world’s longest playing Skiffle Group - from 1956 to 2025 - 69 years! Mind you, we have to admit to a 40 year hiatus in the middle!
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Sao Chico Beatle Festival Jan 2025

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In January 2025 the Quarrymen flew to Brazil to play at the Sao Chico Beatles Festival in the city of Sao Francisco de Paula in the far south of the country. That is to say that Rod, David and Henry flew to Brazil, Colin sadly could not make the trip due to a bout of ‘flu - part of the epidemic that was raging in Britain at the time, from which he has now happily recovered. This meant that we had yet again to borrow a drummer to replace him, and because the main band playing at the festival was the Star Beatles, whom we had met at Beatleweek in Liverpool in 2024, we were fortunate enough to be able to recruit their drummer, Julian Gramano. Amongst the many musicians on the programme was Clark Gilmour - Cavern Clark - with whom we enjoyed many a beer during the festival. Our thanks go to Xuleta, the manager of the Star Beatles and one of the main organisers of the festival, for  laying on such a fantastic trip for us. We stayed in the forest cabins of the Pousada do Engenho - a wonderful experience in itself - see photo below! Here’s some of our hundreds of photos!
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Duff’s CD now on Spotify etc!

John Duff Lowe’s CD, “Open for Engagements” is now available on Itunes, Apple Music and Spotify!
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Podcasts and Videos!